Food Blog

#85: The Meatball Sandwich at Leonardo's Kitchen and Wine Bar

On its own, a loaf of fresh-from-the-oven cheese garlic bread may be the world's most perfect food. Top it with housemade meatballs like they do at Leonardo's Kitchen(2130 Macklind Avenue; 314-664-1410), and it becomes sandwich bliss.

Leonardo's Kitchen's monstrously large meatball sandwich begins with a loaf of soft Italian bread. Then it's soaked with garlic butter and topped with melted Provolone cheese. The restaurant stuffs the bread with four of its gigantic, moist and tender meatballs then smothers them with chunky tomato sauce and a drizzle of pesto. The result is a gooey, knife-and-fork sandwich that could feed two -- though one would be hesitant to share.